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Quran 28:16

28:16

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى فَٱغْفِرْ لِى فَغَفَرَ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

qāla rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī fa-igh'fir lī faghafara lahu innahu huwa l-ghafūru l-raḥīmu

He said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me," and He forgave him. Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

— Saheeh International

He said, ‘Lord, I have wronged myself. Forgive me,’ so He forgave him; He is truly the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "My Lord! Verily, I have wronged myself, so forgive me." Then He forgave him. Verily, He is the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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قَالَqālaHe said
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
ظَلَمْتُẓalamtu[I] have wronged
نَفْسِىnafsīmy soul
فَٱغْفِرْfa-igh'firso forgive
لِىlī[for] me
فَغَفَرَfaghafaraThen He forgave
لَهُۥٓۚlahu[for] him
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed He
هُوَhuwaHe (is)
ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūruthe Oft-Forgiving
ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful